Subj : Re: I am thinking...
To   : Ogg
From : Avon
Date : Mon Dec 18 2023 10:14 pm

On 17 Dec 2023 at 08:34p, Ogg pondered and said...
 
 Og> Can you return to Spotify as a "new" user and get their free  
 Og> offerings a 2nd time?  I don't think so.  Eventually the moving  
 Og> back and forth is a maintenance job.

I'm picking no, in my case I am with a mobile phone provider that offers (almost) half price premium Spotify to their customers... so I had been using that and will likely return to it.

 Og> I used Spotify for several months tolerating the occasional ad.  
 Og> Then they offered 3 mos for 99cents/mo.  Took that, thinking I  
 Og> could cancel and come back after a few mos.  By then, I already  
 Og> had some some nice playlists and favorites and didn't want to  
 Og> lose them.

I found this (the playlists etc.) to be an issue to when I looked to move over to Apple music to use the free 3 (or is it 6?) month offer.

 Og> Since then, I've learned that there are tools that "migrate"  
 Og> playlists between services. I know a friend who I introduced to  
 Og> Spotify (and took advantage of a 3mos for $3 deal) used one  
 Og> such tool to migrate over to AppleMusic. He seems happy with  
 Og> the transition as he is taking advantage of a 3-mos free deal  
 Og> there now.

I used one called Free Your Music and paid for a lifelong (entry level) license ... that worked to get playlists over from Spotify to Apple. I'm picking when I return I'll likely just reactivate my Spotify account and just stick with the historical playlists there rather than try and move things back from Apple.

I also have found it was easier for me to control music on devices like Amazon Alexa and Google Nest devices with Spotify than it has been when they are linked to Apple music.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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